止める

とめるtomeru

park

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 勧める, 駆ける, 閉じる

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative止めますとめますtomemasu
    2. negative止めませんとめませんtomemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative止めましたとめましたtomemashita
    2. negative止めませんでしたとめませんでしたtomemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 止めてとめてtomete
    2. request止めてくださいとめてくださいtomete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 止めましょうとめましょうtomemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative止めたいとめたいtometai
    2. negative止めたくないとめたくないtometakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative止めるとめるtomeru
    2. negative止めないとめないtomenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative止めたとめたtometa
    2. negative止めなかったとめなかったtomenakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain止めているとめているtomete iru
    2. polite止めていますとめていますtomete imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain止められるとめられるtomerareru
    2. polite止められますとめられますtomeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 止めたらとめたらtometara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain止められるとめられるtomerareru
    2. polite止められますとめられますtomeraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 止めようとめようtomeyō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order止めろとめろtomero
    2. ban止めるなとめるなtomeru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative止めればとめればtomereba
    2. negative止めなければとめなければtomenakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain止めさせるとめさせるtomesaseru
    2. polite止めさせますとめさせますtomesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain止めさせられるとめさせられるtomesaserareru
    2. polite止めさせられますとめさせられますtomesaseraremasu